Coach Michelle French’s U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November, went undefeated at the U-23 La MangaTournament in Spain with a 1-1 tie with Sweden’s U-23s, a 1-0 win over England’s U-23s, and a 2-1 win over Norway’s U-23s. Texas A&M’s Ally Watt scored theganmewinner […]
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U.S. U-20 women beat England, tie Sweden
Coach Michelle French’s U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November, opened play at the U-23 La MangaTournament in Spain with a 1-1 tie with Sweden’s U-23s and a 1-0 win over England’s U-23s. Texas A&M’s Ally Watt scored the ganmewinner against England,assisted by Penn State’s […]
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Collegians and high-schoolers vie for spots on U.S. U-20 Women World Cup roster
By Mike Woitalla U.S. U-20 women’s national team coach Michelle French has named a 22-player roster for the La Manga Tournament in Spain March 2-6. Thesquad includes 14 players who weren’t part of the squad that finished first at the December qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup. The U.S. U-20s will face […]
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Nine NCAA finalists on U.S. U-20 women's roster
U.S. U-20 women’s national team coach Michelle French has named a 22-player roster for the La Manga Tournament in Spain March 2-6. The squad includes 14 players whoweren’t part of the squad that finished first at the December qualifying tournament for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup. The U.S. U-20s will face the U-23 national […]
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USA-Ireland Takeaways: Battle heats up for roster spots
Scoring didn’t come easily for the USA early last year. That was not a problem in its first test of 2016. Jill Ellis‘ women easily disposed of Ireland, 5-0, before 23,309 fans at San Diego’sQualcomm Stadium. They showed off all their remarkable attacking weapons: Cari Lloyd (hat trick after 28 minutes), Alex Morgan (goal and […]
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Report: Mallory Pugh decides not to turn pro
So much for the Portland Thorns using the new NWSL player signing mechanism to land 17-year-old Mallory Pugh, who would have been the first player signed out of high school to join the women’sleague. Horace Pugh, confirmed to The Denver Post that hisdaughter, a high school senior, will attend UCLA, as planned, and there were […]
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NWSL: Chioma Ubogagu, another young star returns home
Former Stanford star Chioma Ubogagu has joined the NWSL’s Houston Dash. The 23-year-old forward starred at Stanford University before signing with Arsenal Ladies of the FA Women’sSuper-League, where she ranked third with a goalscoring rate of a goal every 139.5 minutes. Ubogagu, whose NWSL rights were acquired from Sky Blue FC, was born in […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women start World Cup prep
Coach Michelle French brought 26 players into the U.S. U-20 women’s national team’s first camp of 2016, Jan. 3-10 in Carson, Calif. French is preparing for the Papua NewGuinea-hosted U-20 Women’s World Cup (Nov. 13-Dec. 3), for which the USA qualified in December while winning the U-20 Concacaf championship. French’s first camp since qualification includescollege […]
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Michelle French: Club coaches have done a tremendous job
Interview by Mike Woitalla The USA kept alive its streak of qualifying for every U-20 Women’s World Cup when it won the U-20 Concacaf Championship earlier this month,outscoring its five opponents, 22-3. The 20-player roster Coach Michelle French took to the qualifying tournament in Honduras was comprised of eight collegians and 12high-schoolers. SOCCER AMERICA: Was […]
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Unique streak kept intact by U.S. U-20 women
By Mike Woitalla The USA started slowly at the Concacaf U-20 Women’s Championship, tying Mexico, 2-2, in their opener. But Coach Michelle French’s team followedup by outscoring its next four opponents 20-1 to win the regional title and qualify for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup. A 7-0 semifinal win over host Honduras clinched qualification,and […]